Browsing by Subject "Smart materials"

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  • A Novel smart jacket for blood pressure measurement based in shape memory alloys 

    Monràs Álvarez, David (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2019-07-03)
    Bachelor thesis
    Open Access
    Smart textiles with medical applications offer the possibility of continuous and non-invasively monitoring which benefit patients and doctors. To measure blood pressure in premature infants a miniature actuator that can ...

  • Application of intelligent materials to enhance SPAR floating offshore platforms stability 

    Rius Planas, Maria (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya / Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, 2010)
    Master thesis (pre-Bologna period)
    Open Access
    The following thesis presents a stability study of a floating wind turbine platform, composed by two concentric cylinders, for offshore application. The theoretical bases of the linear theory and the derivation of the ...

  • Behavior of NiTi wires for dampers and actuators in extreme conditions 

    Isalgué Buxeda, Antonio; Auguet Sangrá, Carlota E.; Grau, R.; Torra Ferré, Vicenç; Cinca i Luis, Núria; Fernández, J. (2015-09-01)
    Article
    Open Access
    Shape memory alloys are considered smart materials because of their singular thermo-mechanical properties, due to a thermoelastic martensitic transformation, enabling possible uses as actuators (because of mechanical ...

  • Contribution to the generation of Ideas for the project “Smart Features and Connectivity” accomplished in Hilti headquarters. Internship report 

    Farrés Basso, Gerónimo (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2017-01-12)
    Bachelor thesis
    Restricted access - confidentiality agreement

  • Control d'un teixit calefactable amb una app d'iOS mitjançant Bluetooth Low Energy 

    Vila Calvo, Albert (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2013-07)
    Master thesis (pre-Bologna period)
    Restricted access - author's decision
    El Projecte s'ha realitzat a l'empresa Cetemmsa i consisteix en el disseny d'un circuit electrònic de petites dimensions que permet controlar un teixit calefactable mitjançant un telèfon mòbil. El teixit calefactable s'escalfa ...

  • Developing of the smart textile for energy expenditure monitoring 

    Piedra, A.; Boqué, N; Fernández García, Raúl (2019)
    Conference lecture
    Open Access

  • Estudio de sensores textiles para su uso en bioinstrumentación 

    Martínez Estrada, Marc (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2018-06)
    Master thesis
    Open Access
    Durante el estudio se pretende realizar una recopilación de los diferentes sensores textiles, centrándose en los sensores de humedad, analizarlos y comprender las características más importantes de cada uno de los artículos ...

  • Estudio y simulación de una antena multibanda para textiles inteligentes 

    Martínez Reyes, Jimmy Arturo (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2018-10-09)
    Master thesis
    Open Access
    1) Disseny CAD del model de vehicle (es pot considerar la importació de models pre-establerts)2) Disseny d'una antena corresponent als estàndars anteriors.3) Simulació 3D de l'antena (diagrama de radiació, paràmetres ...

  • Large format 3D printer and smart material evaluation for Start-Ups 

    Nebra Riera, Norbert; Mestres Mairal, David (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2015-10-16)
    Master thesis
    Restricted access - author's decision
    The objective of this project is to evaluate new smart materials (flexible and conductive) and to develop a new large format 3D printer based on Open Source and Open Hardware components.

  • The SMA: an effective damper in civil engineering that smoothes oscillations 

    Torra Ferré, Vicenç; Isalgué Buxeda, Antonio; Auguet Sangrá, Carlota E.; Carreras, Guillem (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Escola Tècnica Superior d'Enginyers de Camins Canals i Ports de Barcelona, 2011-11-16)
    Conference lecture
    Open Access
    The properties of SMA (Shape Memory Alloys, that are smart materials) are associated to a first order phase transition named martensitic transformation that occurs between metastable phases: austenite and martensite. At ...

  • Vestidor Inteligente 

    Garcia de Paso Ventura, Juan (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2011-02)
    Master thesis (pre-Bologna period)
    Open Access
    La disminución del espacio de las casas, el aumento del consumo, los nuevos modelos de familia y la aparición de los productos inteligentes nos llevan a revisar el diseño de producto en el hogar. Nuevos usuarios y entornos ...

  • Wearable high-performance meander ring dipole antenna for electronic-textile applications 

    Moradi, Bahareh; Fernández García, Raúl; Gil Galí, Ignacio (2019-06-17)
    Article
    Restricted access - publisher's policy
    A novel wearable dipole antenna at 325¿MHz resonance frequency is presented in this article. A felt fabric with permittivity 1.2 and thickness 0.7¿mm is used as a substrate. The proposed design is validated by comparison ...